Stanford is seriously being a bitch this year...people with higher stats + more extracurriculars have been rejected...

My friend was recruited by Stanford for tennis (rejected offer, accepted harvard)...and he told me the coach told him this: the admissions committee HAS accepted people based on ONLY their essays so the emphasis is clearly on your responses.

So...I hope you wrote good essays D and they really stress extracurricular (leadership) roles too...

good luck, i keep telling ppl that a lotta ppl with higher stats have been getting rejected. stanford has been known for its weird admissions; many ppl who seem to be less qualified get in all the time. basically, all the ivies and elite private universities are crapshoots to get into, so go for it. If you don't get in, there are many other great schools, and ya know, it's their loss.